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Last updated August 12, 2008
CEAP: Right Idea, Right Time, Conservation Effects Assessment Project, economic value of 50 years of conservation programs, Mark A. Weltz, Dale Bucks, Beltsville, MD, Clarence Richardson, Temple, TX, (html) or (pdf) 05DECp.2
Conservation: Are We Getting Our Money’s Worth? Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP), cost-benefit analysis of 50 years of conservation, atrazine, glyphosate, other pesticides, nitrogen, bacteria, and phosphorus in drinking water in ARS watersheds, algal blooms, water pollution, controlled drainage, SWAT, sediments, vegetative buffers, Clarence Richardson, Temple, TX, Bil Gburek, University Park, PA, Norm Fausey, Columbus, OH, Chi-Hua Huang, Fort Wayne, IN, Joseph Sheridan, Richard Lowrance, Tim Strickland, Tifton, GA, (html) or (pdf) 05DECp.4-8
The Hills Are Sagging, topsoil erosion down hills in plowed prairies, low wheat yields where erosion occurred, Sharon K. Papiernik, Morris, MN, (html) or (pdf) 05DECp.9
Electroactive Bioplastics Flex Their Industrial Muscle, artificial muscles from conductive polymers or cornstarch and polysaccharides rather than petroleum-based products, reactive extrusion for industrial production, Victoria L. Finkenstadt, Julious L. Willett, Peoria, IL, (html) or (pdf) 05DECp.10-11
Introducing Lycoris to U.S. Flower Lovers, Lycoris germplasm collection from China, Korea, and Japan, bringing Lycoris species to U.S. National Arboretum and American gardens, Mark S. Roh, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05DECp.12-13
Vegetable Breeding Steps Up to the Next Level, breeding for high glucoraphanin (anticancer) broccoli, green cotyledon (gc) green testa (gt) genes for double-green cow pea or black-eyed pea for frozen foods market, breeding watermelon resistance to root-knot nematodes, whiteflies, and spider mites, Richard L. Fery, Mark W. Farnham, and others, Charleston, SC, (html) or (pdf) 05DECp.14-16
Washing and Sanitizing Techniques Aim To Make Produce Safer, Salmonella biofilm on cantaloupe surface with fimbriae and cellulose and polymers, pasteurization hot bath for killing pathogens, food safety, fresh-cut market, Bassam A. Annous, Wyndmoor, PA, (html) or (pdf) 05DECp.17
Filling the Southern Plains Forage Gap, using perennial cool-season grasses in spring and fall for forage to extend grazing season, Lincoln smooth brome, Jose tall wheatgrass, Manska intermediate wheatgrass, cheaper beef production, animal weight gain, grass-finished beef, little grain feeding, Brian K. Northup, William A. Phillips, El Reno, OK, (html) or (pdf) 05DECp.18-19
Playing the Field, Potato System Planner software for crop rotations in Maine potatoes, boost production, reduce fertilizer and pesticide use, biofumigation with Brassica crops canola and rapeseed for sulfur glucosinolates/isothiocyanates to control Rhizoctonia fungi, C. Wayne Honeycutt, Robert Larkin, John Halloran, Orono, ME, (html) or (pdf) 05DECp.20-22
Gaining Insight From Probing Insects’ Genes, gene mapping, genetic variability and adaptations, studying insect genes for pest control and biological control, Kevin J. Hackett, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.2
Beetle Mania, sequencing genes of red flour beetle, genome, genetic or genomic map, disrupting growth and development genes for chitin in outer cuticle, Medea gene, Richard Beeman, Manhattan, KS, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.4-6
Resistance Gene To Fortify Soy Against Exotic Pest, discovery of Rag1 gene in soybean germplasm collection provides resistance to soybean aphid (Aphis glycines), Glen L. Hartman, Urbana, IL, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.7
International Partnership for Poultry Safety, collaboration with Soviet Union to advance food safety and poultry health, ISTC and OIRP, assessing bacteriocins to combat Campylobacter and Salmonella, global fight against migration of avian influenza in wild birds and poultry, saponins for Newcastle disease vaccines, David Suarez, Daniel J. King, David Swayne, Athens, GA, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.8-11
Flax Fiber Offers Cotton Cool Comfort, spinning cotton with flax for better moisture wicking, air permeability, and drying in denim fabric, textiles, blending flax with polymers for molded materials, standards for grading flax quality, enzymatic retting vs. dew retting, flax crop rotation with cotton, David D. McAlister, Clemson, SC, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.12-13
Pegging a Toublesome Change in Hydrilla, gene mutation in aquatic weed hydrilla provides resistance to fluridone herbicide, using biocontrol fungus Mycoleptodiscus terrestris and fluridone together for control, Franck A. Dayan, University, MS, Brian Scheffler, Stoneville, MS, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.14-16
DNA Chips Spot and Help Track Antibiotic Resistance, DNA microarray detects antimicrobial-resistance genes in bacteria, Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Campylobacter and Enterococcus, Jonathon Frye, Athens, GA, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.17
New Prairie Grasses To Fatten Cattle—And Producer Profits, two new varieties of big bluestem prairie grass promote weight gain in cows, forage, grazing, Kenneth P. Vogel, Robert B. Mitchell, Lincoln, NE, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.17
Multicrop Rotation and Irrigation Study for Optimal Water Use in the Southeast, Irrigator Pro software developed for optimum peanut profitability from irrigation and crop rotation of cotton, corn, peanut, sprinkler vs. subsurface drip, Marshall Land, Diane Rowland, Dawson, GA, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.18-20
Edible, Water-Resistant Film From Milk Film, continuous-production process for making edible biodegradable casein-based polymer coatings for dairy product packaging, Peggy Tomasula, Wyndmoor, PA, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.21
The Germplasm Ambassador, sharing cryopreservation germplasm preservation techniques to scientists overseas—Kazakhstan, Poland, and Germany, National Clonal Germplasm Repository, free exchange of plants worldwide, Barbara M. Reed, Corvallis, OR, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.22
Termite Alates Succumb to Biopesticide, biological control fungus Metarhizium anisopliae kills alates of Formosan subterranean termite, Ashok K. Raina and Maureen S. Wright, New Orleans, LA, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.23
A Test for Head Blight-Causing Fungi, new DNA test distinguishes among Fusarium fungi that cause head blight, Todd J. Ward, Peoria, IL, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.23
Potato Defends Against Late Blight, Defender potato resists late blight fungus, good for french fry production and frozen potato products, Richard G. Novy, Aberdeen, ID, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.23
“Waxy” Wheat for Novel Products, new Penawawa-X soft white spring wheat with 100 percent amylopectin starch—“full-waxy”, Craig F. Morris, Pullman, WA, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.23
Adjusting pH Boosts Plant’s Metals Uptake, effect of soil pH on alpine pennycress’s ability to phytomine metals from soil, cadmium and zinc hyperaccumulators, phytoremediation, phytoextraction, Rufus L. Chaney, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05NOVp.23
Helping School Kids Reach Nutritional Excellence, National School Lunch Week, USDA school-meal programs, child nutrition, NAL’s Healthy School Meals Resource System (HSMRS), roles of ARS Human Nutrition Program, Molly Kretsch, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.2
Helping Schoolchildren Make the Grade in Nutrition, National School Lunch Week, USDA school-meal programs, child nutrition, non-nutritious competitive foods, NAL’s Healthy School Meals Resource System (HSMRS), Karen Cullen, Houston, TX, Desire Stapley, Corey Scarpero, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.4-6
Greenhouse Pests Beware, tracking spread of Old World hunter fly—a beneficial biological control against many greenhouse pests—into North America, Stephen P. Wraight, Ithaca, NY, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.7
Cleaning House—and Hive, breeding genetically superior SMR (suppress mite reproduction) bees, which don’t suppress Varroa mite reproduction but hygienically remove them from brood cells, John R. Harbo, Jeffrey W. Harris, Baton Rouge, LA, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.8-9
Pumpkin Power! Calculating the Carotenoids in a Fall Favorite, supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) method for measuring beta-carotene content and other carotenoids in pumpkin, phytonutrients, pumpkin used for vitamin A deficiency in world, Betty J. Burri, Davis, CA, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.10-11
Pineapples in Paradise. Uncovering Genetic Secrets of an Exotic Tropical Fruit, ARS National Clonal Germplam Repository for Tropical and Subtropical Fruit and Nut Crops, pineapple germplasm collection and genetic diversity, pineapple identification with DNA-fingerprints with amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), Paul H. Moore, Aiea, HI, Francis T.P. Zee, Hilo, HI, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.12-13
Fields With a Mind of Their Own? site-specific precision irrigation with GPS, wireless communications, and infrared sensors, center-pivot and linear-move irrigation, Accu-Pulse system, Kenneth C. Stone, Florence, SC, Robert G. Evans, Sidney, MT, E. John Sadler, Columbia, MO, Dale F. Heermann, Fort Collins, CO, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.14-16
Fungal Threats to Cocoa Share an Ancient History, Witches’ broom and frosty pod rot fungi are genetically related, taxonomical reclassification from Crinipellis to new genus, Mary Catherine Aime, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.17
Grass Farming and the Environment, conservation, water quality, aquatic life and wildlife preservation, on grass farms, Jeffrey J. Steiner, Stephen M. Griffith, and others, Corvallis, OR, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.18-19
Treasures of the National Agricultural Library. Entomologist Charles Valentine Riley’s Papers and Artifacts, Special Collections Unit at NAL, Susan H. Fugate, Sara B. Lee, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.20-21
Small, Portable Air Sampler Developed, new electrostatic sampling device for dust particles and attached microorganisms in poultry houses, hospitals, Salmonella and E. coli, Bailey W. Mitchell, Athens, GA, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.22
Beneficial Bacteria Battle Fire Blight, E325 strain of Pantoea agglomerans as biological control agent for fire blight, P. Lawrence Pusey, Wenatchee, WA, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.23
B12 Shortfall’s Bad for Bone Density, vitamin B12 deficiency and osteoporosis and bone strength in men and women, human nutrition, Katherine L. Tucker, Boston, MA, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.23
Sweet, Versatile Mannitol From Microbial Fermentation, commercial mannitol production with high-fructose corn syrup and bacteria, Badal C. Saha, Peoria, IL, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.23
Wheat Fungus Tapped for Sequencing, genetic sequencing of leaf spot disease funus Mycosphaerella graminicola, Stephen B. Goodwin, West Lafayette, IN, (html) or (pdf) 05OCTp.23
Upgrading America’s Underground Drainage Network, revitalizing the Nation’s drainage systems with controlled-drainage system for controlling water table and outflow, water quality and conservation, ADMS Task Force, Dale Bucks, Beltsville, MD, Tom Spofford, Washington, D.C., (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.2
Underground Drainage: A Secret of America’s Bounty, Agricultural Drainage Management Systems (ADMS) task force, revitalizing the Nation’s drainage systems with controlled-drainage system for controlling water table and outflow and nitrate losses, water quality and conservation, artificial wetlands for trapping nitrate and sediment, subirrigation with recycled water, using ground-penetrating radar to locate buried pipes, Norman R. Fausey, Barry J. Allred, Columbus, OH, (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.4-6
Eastern Gamagrass May Be Queen of Carbon Storage, effect of temperature and CO2 on carbon storage, root and plant growth, global warming, Donald T. Krizek, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.7
A New Approach to Dairy Farming That’s “Out of Africa”, dairy cow/livestock corralling for nitrogen, phosphorus, and nutrient management, increased forage yields in sorghum and millet, hoof tilling, water leaching, groundwater quality, J. Mark Powell, Madison, WI, Michael P. Russelle, St. Paul, MN, (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.8-9
Smoking Out Worms, movement of liquid manure, fertilizer nutrients, and pesticides through nightcrawler/earthworm burrows to drainpipes in no-till fields, Martin J. Shipitalo, Coshocton, OH, Frank Gibbs, Findlay, OH, (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.10-11
ARS Partners With Defense Department To Protect Troops From Insect Vectors, ARS/DOD efforts to reduce insect-borne diseases for military and civilians, malaria, mosquitoes, leishmaniasis, sand flies, delousing, typhus, lice, fleas, plague, CMAVE, DEET, ultra-low-volume (ULV) spray equipment, permethrin-treated uniforms and fabric unfused with chemicals, repellents, SS220 as DEET replacement, timeline, Jerry Hogsette, Ulrich Bernier, David A. Carlson, Gainesville, FL, Jerome A. Klun, Beltsville, MD, Edward T. Schmidtman, Laramie, WY, Ronald J. Nachman, College Station, TX, Mat Pound, Kim Lohmeyer, Allen Miller, Kerrville, TX, (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.12-15
Cholesterol-Reducing Flavonoids Found in Citrus Peels, cholesterol- and triglyceride-lowering polymethoxylated flavones (PMF’s) in orange oil from peels, lipoproteins LDL and VLDL reduced, John A. Manthey, Winter Haven, FL, (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.16
Nutrient Database To Help Native Communities, nutrient content of foods of American Indians and Alaska Natives, nutrition, diabetes and obesity, Pamela R. Pehrsson, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.17
Salvaging Saline Water and Soils, salt-tolerant forages reduce need for evaporation ponds in San Joaquin Valley by reusing drainage water, reclaiming/managing saline-sodic soils, Dennis L. Corwin, Riverside, CA, (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.18-19
A Quick Way To Gauge Forage Nutrition, spectral reflectance remote sensing device assesses forage nutrient quality, livestock feed, predicting weight gains and growth, pasture, hay, Patrick J. Starks, Michael A. Brown, William A. Phillips, El Reno, OK, (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.20-21
New Insight Into a Clinging Vine, physiological mechanism of how redvine tendrils develop and secure to objects, phenols and polyphenol oxidase form adhesive, gelatinous fibers give strength, Kevin C. Vaughn, Stoneville, MS, (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.22
Dietary Protein’s Okay for Bones, effect of high-protein diet (from meat vs. soy) on bone health and strength, calcium excretion, postmenopausal women, Janet Ross Hunt, Grand Forks, ND, (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.23
A Human Fungicide . . . for Plants? sampangine as antifungal for gray mold, anthracnose crown rot and wilt, vascular wilt, sugarcane, and ornamentals, David F. Wedge, Oxford, MS, (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.23
And Now—Feather-Based Plastics, making strong but light biodegradable plastic from feathers, Walter F. Schmidt, Justin Barone, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.23
Cold Oats, freeze-tolerant oat genotypes, winter hardiness, David P. Livingston, Raleigh, NC, (html) or (pdf) 05SEPp.23
North, South, East, or West—Suiting Farms to Their Environment, goals of ARS Natural Resources and Sustainable Agricultural Systems Research Program, silvopasturing, challenges of farming various U.S. regions and ecosystems, Michael D. Jawson, Evert Byington, Dale Bucks, Mark Weltz, Robert Wright, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.2
A Sylvan Scene in Appalachia, mixing trees with pastures, silvopasture and effects on grazing, weight gain in lambs, nutritive value of forages, yield and protein of forages, root growth and carbon retention, tree canopy temperature and growing season of pasture grasses, Charles M. Feldhake, David P. Belesky, James P.S. Neel, Erlend L. Mathias, Beaver, WV, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.4-8
Protecting the World’s Walnuts, walnut genebank and species collection at Davis, California, ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Tree Fruit and Nut Crops and Grapes, identification with simple-sequence repeat genetic fingerprints or markers, Ed W. Stover, Mallikarjuna K. Aradhya, Davis, CA, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.9
Fresh-Cut Fruit Moves Into the Fast Lane, underwater fruit cutting/processing to preserve shelf life, reduce microrganisms, food processing, heat-shock and ultraviolet (UV) treatments, taste tests, Olusola Lamikanra, Karen Bett-Garber, New Orleans, LA, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.10-12
A Pathway to Clearer Vision, uniquitin-proteasome pathway and eye health, cataract development, antioxidants, Allen Taylor, Fu Shang, Boston, MA, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.13
Small Dams Are Put to the Test, earthen dam overflow and failure, water quality and management, computer models for prioritizing dam rehabilitation, flooding, SITES, WINDAM, SIMBA, Gregory J. Hanson, Darrel M. Temple, Stillwater, OK, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.14-15
Keeping Nitrogen Out of Waterways, using manure to fertilize legumes and keep excess nitrogen out of Gulf of Mexico, manure disposal, water quality, Michael P. Russelle, St. Paul, MN, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.16-17
Precision Turf Management, nitrogen and phosphorus and pesticide runoff from golf courses, SWAT computer model, Kevin W. King, Columbus, OH, Pamela J. Rice, St. Paul, MN, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.18-19
Kicking Up Nutrients in Melons—and Income in Growers’ Pockets, foliar potassium for improved melon sweetness, vitamin C, beta-carotene, and other nutrients, earlier maturity, calcium applications to cantaloupes and honeydews and shelf life and nutrient content, Gene E. Lester, Weslaco, TX, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.20-21
Taste Tests Prove It: U.S. Peanuts Are Tops, European Peanut Consumer Research Study taste tests of peanuts from different countries, Timothy H. Sanders, Raleigh, NC, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.22
Flax Fiber Has New International Standards, standards for rating/evaluating flax quality, linen, Danny E. Akin, Athens, GA, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.22
A Detailed Database on Legumes, Legume Information Service on WWW gives genetic, physiological, and biochemical info. on legumes, Randy C. Shoemaker, Ames, IA, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.23
More Forage Might Be Worth Less, forage growth and quality at high-carbon dioxide levels, Jack A. Morgan, Fort Collins, CO, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.23
Film Traps Fumigant in the Soil, virtually impermeable film (VIF) for soil fumigants on sandy soils, Leon H. Allen, Gainesville, FL, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.23
New Virus in the Strawberry Patch, nematode-transmitted strawberry latent ringspot virus (SLRSV) discovered in North America, other vectors likely, Robert R. Martin, Corvallis, OR, (html) or (pdf) 05AUGp.23
Taking Jack IN the Beanstalk, mapping soybean genes, genomics research for disease and pest resistance and high oleic acid for healthier soybean oils, functional genomics TILLING technique, Robert E. Wilson, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05JULp.2
TILLING Genes To Improve Soybeans, functional genomics technique TILLING (“Targeting Induced Local Lesions in Genomes”) induces mutation for breeding soybeans that are allergen free or that have improved protein and oil content, Niels Nelson, Rae Ritchie, West Lafayette, IN, (html) or (pdf) 05JULp.4-5
Heat + Low Oxygen + High Carbon Dioxide = Dead Fruit Pests, CATTS pesticide-free technique (“Controlled Atmosphere/Temperature Treatment System”) kills insect pests on stored fruit, methyl bromide alternative, Lisa G. Neven, Wapato, WA, (html) or (pdf) 05JULp.6-7
Grafting Watermelon Onto Squash or Gourd Rootstock Makes Firmer Healthier Fruit, grafting for watermelon resistance to Fusarium wilt and other soilborne pathogens, lycopene and sugar not harmed, firmer fruit for fresh-cut market, Benny Bruton, Lane, OK, (html) or (pdf) 05JULp.8-9
The Ultimate Trash To Treasure, turning poultry manure into toxin-grabbing char for wastewater treatment systems to clean water, filtering water via metal adsorption, Isabel M. Lima, Wayne E. Marshall, (html) or (pdf) 05JULp.10-11
Rooting for Gossypol, improving gossypol production from hairy roots induced from cotton leaf tissue, gossypol for crop pest suppression and cancer treatment, Barbara A. Triplett, Michael K. Dowd, New Orleans, LA, Lawrence D. Young, Stoneville, MS, (html) or (pdf) 05JULp.12-14
Boosting Immunity in Young Pigs, spray-dried plasma and fish oils as nutritional supplements for piglets improve growth and disease resistance, Jeffrey A. Carroll, Lubbock, TX, (html) or (pdf) 05JULp.15
Powerful Partnerships Fuel Research Advances, examples of partnerships and collaborations of ARS with universities, Land-Grant Colleges, historically black land-grant colleges and universities, and other USDA agencies, food safety, breeding/variety development, Mark A. Rasmussen, Tom Casey, Edward B. Knipling, Thomas P. Oscar, R. James Cook, (html) or (pdf) 05JULp.16-19
New Varieties and Techniques Make Barley Better for Fuel and Feed, high-starch barley lines for ethanol production, milling process separates feed grain from fuel grain, hull-less barley, beta-glucan soluble fiber promotes human health, reducing risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, Kevin Hicks, Wyndmoor, PA, (html) or (pdf) 05JULp.20-21
New DNA Tests on Tap To I.D. Bad Microbes, faster method for identifying foodborne pathogens Candida albicans and Listeria monocytogenes, food safety, Todd J. Ward, Brent T. Page, Cletus P. Kurtzman, Peoria, IL, (html) or (pdf) 05JULp.22
Food-Testing Facility Is Finished, sensory-testing facilities for meat tenderness, texture, juiciness, meat quality and shelf life, Martha Neale Liu, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05JULp.23
Turkish Plant Oils Can Annihilate Pests, aromatic oils from Turkish herbs as organic pesticides and insecticides, David E. Wedge, Oxford, MI, (html) or (pdf) 05JULp.23
Starch-Based Coatings for Nonfood Uses, jet-cooked starch for dye and ink retention on plastics, polymer films, George F. Fanta, Fred C. Felker, Peoria, IL, (html) or (pdf) 05JULp.23
New Virus Targets Fire Ants, discovery of Solenopsis invicta virus-1 (SINV-1) infection in red imported fire ants, biological control potential, Steven M. Valles, Gainesville, FL, (html) or (pdf) 05JULp.23
Connecting a Vital Region’s Agriculture, Ecology, and People, efforts of ARS’s Southern Plains Experimental Range in holistic ecosystem approach to manage rangeland and prevent resource fragmentation in rural America, grassland and grazing conservation management, Phillip L. Sims, Woodward, OK, (html) or (pdf) 05JUNp.2
Range That’s a Home to Forage Research, rangeland management/grazing studies to balance ecosystem at ARS’s Southern Plains Range Research Station, new grass cultivars Chet sand bluestem and Verl eastern gamagrass, carbon sequestration, complementary forages for cattle, Phillip L. Sims, Robert L. Gillen, Woodward, OK, (html) or (pdf) 05JUNp.4-6
Knowing What’s Best for Baby To Eat, “Start Healthy Feeding Guidelines for Children Ages 0 to 24 Months”, nutrition during infancy and toddlerhood, Nancy F. Butte, William C. Heird, Houston, TX, (html) or (pdf) 05JUNp.7
Death by Dessication, new environmentally friendly synthetic insecticides from sugar esters dehydrate insects on flowers and ornamentals, kills Varroa mite on bees, Gary J. Puterka, Stillwater, OK, (html) or (pdf) 05JUNp.8-9
A Rare-Earth Approach to Tracing Soil Erosion, using rare-earth elements to track eroding sediment/soil erosion, overcoming preferential binding to soil particles, John X. Zhang, El Reno, OK, Mark A. Nearing, Tucson, AZ, (html) or (pdf) 05JUNp.10-11
Unzipping Zinc’s Secrets, zinc levels in normal vs. healthy prostate cells, zinc transporter proteins ZIP1 and ZIP3, Liping Huang, Davis, CA, (html) or (pdf) 05JUNp.12-13
Moving Away From Wheat/Fallow in the Great Plains, ideal crop-sequence rotations in the Great Plains to maximize water-use efficiency, Jonathon D. Hanson, Mandan, ND, Merle F. Vigil, David C. Nielsen and others, Akron, CO, Laj Ahuja, Fort Collins, CO, (html) or (pdf) 05JUNp.14-17
Poultry Pathogen Models for Predictive Microbiology, modeling growth and survival of Salmonella and Campylobacter, food safety, introducing jellyfish gene to track Salmonella, pathogen behavior in absence of microbial competition, Thomas P. Oscar, Princess Anne, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05JUNp.18-19
Who’s Who in the Nation’s Largest Citrus Collection? Citrus accessions at the National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Citrus and Dates, species identification from molecular markers, Robert R. Krueger, Riverside, CA, (html) or (pdf) 05JUNp.20-22
How Natural Pesticides Work, resistance to pesticides, gene transcription fingerprints for fungicide and herbicide resistance, Stephen O. Duke, Oxford, MI, (html) or (pdf) 05JUNp.23
Online Training for Nutrition Educators, dieticians course for USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, Len Carey, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05JUNp.23
Predicting Nonnative Escapes, models for assessing risk of an exotic species becoming a pest, Mark Widrlechner, Ames, IA, (html) or (pdf) 05JUNp.23
Copper: Nematodes’ Nemesis, copper wire feed supplements for hair sheep to control barber pole worm nematodes, Joan M. Burke, Booneville, AR, (html) or (pdf) 05JUNp.23
Protecting
Crops From Alien Invaders, preventing plant disease and pest epidemics, exotic
pest identification
and prevention, soybean
aphids and rust, ARS-Ohio
State pest detection
team, Rick Bennett,
Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05MAYp.2
Viral
Strike Team Always
on Alert, protecting U.S. crops from plant disease and pest
epidemics, exotic
pest identification
and prevention, ARS-Ohio
State pest detection
team, vascular puncture
inoculation technique
(VPI), viral plant
diseases and vectors,
Roy Gingery, Peg Redinbaugh,
Mark Jones, and others,
Wooster, OH, (html) or (pdf) 05MAYp.4-7
Apple
Quality's More Than
Skin Deep, nondestructive technologies for grading and sorting
fruit firmness, taste,
and sugar content,
through infrared spectra,
multispectral imaging,
and lasers, scanning
speed, Renfu Lu, East
Lansing, MI, (html) or (pdf) 05MAYp.8-9
Protecting
Fish Through Vaccines, modified live vaccines for columnaris disease from Flavobacterium
columnare and Edwardsiella tarda, killed vaccines for Streptococcus iniae and S. agalactiae, Joyce J. Evans, Chestertown, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05MAYp.10-11
Wool
Biopolishing Process
Scratches the Itch
Factor, bleach/enzyme method
for making scratchy
wool and other fabrics
smooth and shrink-proof,
washable, textile
treatment, biopolished
wool, Jeanette Cardamone,
Wyndmoor, PA, (html) or (pdf) 05MAYp.12-13
Low
Protein + Low Exercise
= Sarcopenia, muscle mass loss from little exercise and protein
deficiency in diet
of elderly, resistance
weight training to
reverse the condition,
balance, agility,
muscular strength,
in elderly, Tufts
Strong Living Program,
Carmen Castaneda Sceppa,
Jennifer Layne, Boston,
MA, (html) or (pdf) 05MAYp.14-16
Do
Your Genes Make You
Absorb Too Much Iron? Health risk from excessive iron absorption from iron-fortified
foods for those with
hemochromatosis disorder,
Janet Ross Hunt, Grand
Forks, ND, (html) or (pdf) 05MAYp.17
Sorghum
Needs Its Space, Too, genetic studies to boost allelochemical sorgoleone
production in sorghum,
allelopathy, Stephen
O. Duke, Oxford, MS, (html) or (pdf) 05MAYp.18-19
The
National Herb Garden, 25th anniversary of National Herb Garden at U.S.
National Arboretum,
James R. Adams, Washington,
DC, (html) or (pdf) 05MAYp.20-21
Cryptosporidium Clarified in U.S. Cattle, Cryptosporidium prevalence in preweaned
and postweaned calves,
transmission to humans,
Ronald Fayer, Beltsville,
MD, (html) or (pdf) 05MAYp.22
NAL
Compiles Conservation
Program Info., bibliographies for conservation programs and practices,
Conservation Effects
Assessment Project
(CEAP), Len Carey,
Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05MAYp.23
First
Pinto Bean To Resist
Anthracnose, USPT-ANT-1 pinto germplasm line resists anthracnose,
Phillip N. Miklas,
Prosser, WA, (html) or (pdf) 05MAYp.23
Water
Beats Salt as a Cattle
Lure, tracking cattle movement to new grazing areas with GPS collars,
water more of an attractant
that salt, David C.
Ganskopp, Burns, OR, (html) or (pdf) 05MAYp.23
Model
Helps Apples Keep
Cool, Avoid Sunburn, new model uses climatic data to help growers regulate
sprinkler use to control
sun scald and fungal
diseases, Robert G.
Evans, Sidney, MT, (html) or (pdf) 05MAYp.23
Saltcedar
Scientists Trounce Troublesome
Tree, predictive
models for controlling
invasive saltcedar weed
in the West, biocontrol
insects for saltcedar
control, Raymond I.
Carruthers, Albany,
CA, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.2
Beneficial
Beetles Take a Bite
Out of Saltcedar, successful biocontrol
insects for saltcedar
invasive weed control,
leafbeetle Diorhabda
elongata, using aerial photography
and imagery to observe
beetle spread, C. Jack
DeLoach, Temple, TX,
Raymond I. Carruthers,
Albany, CA, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.4-6
Tracking
an Attacker—of
Saltcedar, new synthetic
attractant for leafbeetle Diorhabda elongata, biocontrol enemy of saltcedar, using lure to
track beetle spread,
Robert J. Bartelt, Allard
A. Cossé, Peoria, IL, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.7
Finding
New Ways To Protect
and Preserve Plant Genetic
Resources, Plant
Germplasm Preservation
Unit's genebanking efforts,
cryopreserving wild
rice and garlic, DNA
markers for identifying
garlic varieties, cryopreserving
bristlecone pine specimens
resistant to blister
rust and grapes as backup
to Pierce's disease
from Xylella fastidiosa, Christina Walters, Gayle
M. Volk, Christopher
M. Richards, Leigh E.
Towill, Fort Collins,
CO, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.8-10
Making
Sure Sacred Sheep Don't
Become Extinct, National
Center for Genetic Resources
Preservation's efforts
to preserve Navajo-Churro
sheep semen for germplasm
preservation, Harvey
D. Blackburn, Phil Purdy,
Fort Collins, CO, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.11
Holding
On to Finger Millet, ARS Plant Genetic Resources
Conservation Unit's
efforts to preserve
finger millet germplasm
collection, genetic
fingerprinting or identification
of accessions, Melanie
Newman, Griffin, GA, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.12
New
Method Simplifies Biodiesel
Production, eliminating step in
biodiesel production,
using methanol extractant
rather than hexane--an
air pollutant, soybean
flakes, Michael J. Haas,
Wyndmoor, PA, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.13
United States–Brazil Collaboration Heats Up, projects on global climate
change, greenhouse gases,
carbon sequestration
in tillage vs. no-till,
measuring soil carbon
with infrared technology,
Embrapa's GRACENET =
national network of
soil carbon, AGROGASES
by ARS, Gregory McCarty,
Beltsville, MD, Helvecio
De-Polli, Rio De Janeiro,
Brazil, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.14-15
Mealybugs
May Have Met Their Match, new pumpkin-based artificial
diet for rearing pink
hibiscus mealybug and
parasitoids of it, biocontrol
parasites Anagyrus
kamali and Gyranusoidea
indica and ladybug Cryptolaemus montrouzieri,
Response Surface Methodology
for developing insect
diets, David Hall, Stephen
L. Lapointe, Fort Pierce,
FL, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.16-17
Sex
Potion Ensnares Mealybug, new synthetic pheromone
blend for luring/trapping
male pink hibiscus mealybugs
and disrupting mating,
Aijun Zhang, Beltsville,
MD, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.18
Easy-To-Use
Bioassay Spots Varroa Resistance, low-tech
method to test Varroa mites for coumaphos
or fluvalinate resistance,
Jeffrey S. Pettis, Mark
F. Feldlaufer, Beltsville,
MD, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.19
ARS
Collaborates in Regional
Dairy Quality Management
Alliance, best management
practices (BMPs) for
bacteria control in
dairy products, food
safety, ARS's partnership
with Regional Dairy
Quality Management Alliance, Salmonella, Listeria,
E. coli, Campylobacter, Johne's disease, Jo
Ann Van Kessel, Jeffrey
Karns, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.20
Vitamin E Eases Colds Among Elders, vitamin E supplements
in elderly decreased
incidence of upper respiratory
infections, Simin Nikbin
Meydani, Boston, MA, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.21
Making
the Case Against the
Biting Midge, Culicoides sonorensis are likely vectors of
vesicular stomatitis
virus (VSV), cattle,
horse, and swine disease
transmission, Barbara
S. Drolet, Laramie,
WY, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.22
Salmonella in Free-Range Chicken, Salmonella contamination
in organic free-range
(free-roaming) chickens
vs. conventionally produced,
food safety, J. Stan
Bailey, Athens, GA, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.23
Fermented
Corn Stover Can Refurbish
Soil, fermentation
byproduct after alcohol
production improves
soil organic matter
and structural stability,
Jane M.F. Johnson, Morris,
MN, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.23
Beneficial
Bacteria Protect Potatoes, bacteria sprayed on
during storage protect
tubers from late blight
disease from Phytophthora
infestans, Patricia
J. Watson Slininger,
David A. Schisler, Peoria,
IL, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.23
A
Grazing Strategy for
Dairy Cows, evaluating management-intensive/rotation
dairy grazing system,
electric fences rotate
cattle among fields,
Lloyd B. Owens, Coshocton,
OH, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.23
Organic
Hot Peppers for Florida
Growers, yields from conventional
vs. organic fertilizers
in north Florida, Jesusa
C. Legaspi, Tallahassee,
FL, (html) or (pdf) 05APRp.23
Helping
Industry Ensure Animal
Well-Being, guidelines
for animal care ethics
and welfare, ARS livestock
behavior and stress
research program, meat
yield and quality, Lewis
W. Smith, Beltsville,
MD, (html) or (pdf) 05MARp.2
Settling Doubts About Livestock Stress, animal
care ethics, maximizing
animal production by
reducing animal stress,
animal behavioral studies,
prenatal stress, Salmonella infection from stress
in swine, formula boosts
piglet and calve immune
system, stress during
transport and milking,
socializing piglets,
chronic pain from cow
tail docking, infrared
and laser techniques
for beak trimming, Donald
C. Lay, Jeremy Marchant-Forde,
Susan Eicher, Heng-wei
Cheng, West Lafayette,
IN, (html) or (pdf) 05MARp.4-7
From
Granaries to Insectaries—NIR
Technology Helps Human
Health, using near
infrared spectroscopy
for detecting insects
inside grain kernels,
for identifying malaria-infected
mosquitoes, for determining
sex of tsetse fly pupae
to aid in sterile insect
technique, James Throne,
James Baker, Floyd Dowell,
Manhattan, KS, (html) or (pdf) 05MARp.8-9
Researchers
Study Microbial Threats
To Shellfish Safety, rapid cost-effective
methods of detecting
gastrointestinal illness
pathogens in shellfish,
noroviruses, hepatitis
B, and Vibrio bacteria, using high-pressure
processing (HPP) to
inactivate pathogens
for consumption raw,
Gary P. Richards, David
Kingsley, Dover, DE, (html) or (pdf) 05MARp.10-12
Creating
Novel Foods and More
From Agricultural Products, opening of Center of
Excellence in Extrusion
and Polymer Rheology,
pilot plant for new
products from agricultural
byproducts, Charles
Onwulata, Wyndmoor,
PA, (html) or (pdf) 05MARp.13
Blue
Lagoons on Pig Farms? New automated system
for treating swine production
wastewater, removal
of solids, heavy metals,
phosphorus, ammonia,
biochemical oxygen demand,
odor, pathogens, Matias
B. Vanotti, Ariel A.
Szogi, Patrick G. Hunt,
Florence, SC, (html) or (pdf) 05MARp.14-15
Walnuts'
Anti-Aflatoxin Ally:
Gallic Acid, walnut
variety called Tulare
contains gallic acid
in pellicle and resists Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus contamination and aflatoxin
formation, Russell J.
Molyneux, Noreen E.
Mahoney, Bruce C. Campbell,
Jong H. Kim, St. Albany,
CA, (html) or (pdf) 05MARp.16-17
Detectives
Search for Antimicrobial-Resistant
Organisms, antibiotic
resistance in Salmonella,
Campylobacter, Escherichia
coli, Enterococcus, resistance to fluoroquinolones,
changing antimicrobial
use in food-animal productions,
food safety, Paula Fedorka-Cray,
Athens, GA, (html) or (pdf) 05MARp.18-19
Agricultural
Aircraft Offer a Different
View of Remote Sensing, precision agriculture,
GPS, and digital, multispectral
and thermal-imaging
cameras in agricultural
planes for detecting
weeds, water stress,
and fire ant invasion
in fields and algae
in catfish ponds, Steven
J. Thomson, Stoneville,
MS, (html) or (pdf) 05MARp.20-21
Mothers'
Beverage Choices Vital
to Girls' Bone Health, milk-drinking habits
of mothers and daughters
linked, calcium intake
and preschool food routines
promote better life-long
food habits, Jennifer
O. Fisher, Houston,
TX, (html) or (pdf) 05MARp.22
Portion
of Plant Enzyme May
Mimic Taxol, synthetic
peptide SS2 from sucrose
synthase halts cell
division and possibly
human cancer cells,
Steven C. Huber, Urbana,
IL, (html) or (pdf) 05MARp.23
Eggs
and Eye Health, carotenoid
lutein from chicken
eggs absorbed more into
bloodstream than from
other foods or supplements,
Elizabeth J. Johnson,
Boston, MA, (html) or (pdf) 05MARp.23
Basic
Self-Defense for Plants, accurate method for
measuring phytohormone
and metabolite interactions
during plant growth,
development, stress,
Eric A. Schmelz, Gainesville,
FL, (html) or (pdf) 05MARp.23
Lower
Your Lipids—With
Grapes, pterostilbene
in grapes lowers blood
lipids more than resveratrol,
atherosclerosis/plaque
deposition protection,
Agnes Rimando, Oxford,
MI, (html) or (pdf) 05MARp.23
ARS
Pounces on Sudden Oak
Death Pathogen, studying infection, survival, spread, and evolution
of Phytophthora ramorum on oaks, A.
Rick Bennett, Beltsville,
MD, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.2
Sudden
Oak Death: ARS Scientists
Fight Back, PCR assay for detecting and diagnosing Phytophthora
ramorum pathogen
on oaks and nursery
plants, disease symptoms,
fungicide Subdue Maxx
as soil drench, air
steaming nursery pots,
Frank N. Martin, Salinas,
CA, Paul W. Tooley and
Nina Shishkoff, Fort
Detrick, MD, Robert
G. Linderman, Corvallis,
OR, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.4-5
A
First for Fusarium, complete genome map of Fusarium
graminearum, scab pathogen of wheat,
now on Web, search for
genes that cause disease,
H. Corby Kistler, St.
Paul, MN, Kerry O'Donnell,
Todd J. Ward, Peoria,
IL, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.6-7
Working
Towards a Consistently
Tender Steak, interactions of µ-calpain enzyme, calcium
levels, and calpastatin
on beef tenderness, muscle
proteins, calcium injections,
DNA test for tough-beef
cattle based on µ-calpain
gene, Mohammad Koohmaraie,
Timothy P.L. Smith, and
others, Clay Center, NE, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.8-9
ARS
Continues Advances in
Irradiation of Ready-To-Eat
Foods, improving safety and shelf
life of raw meat and RTE
meats like hotdogs, bologna,
and deli meats, radiation
doses for inactivating Listeria monocytogenes, salt and vinegar food
additives, listeriosis,
antioxidants and heating
for suppressing sulfur
compounds, E. coli,
Salmonella, Yersinia radiation resistance,
irradiating fruits, vegetables,
and juices, for foodborne
bacteria, gamma irradiation,
for Listeria and Salmonella inactivation on lettuce, Christopher H. Sommers, Brendan
A. Niemira, Xuetong Fan,
Wyndmoor, PA, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.10-13
Frozen
Flies Safeguard Research,
Screwworm Eradication
Efforts, cryopreservation technique
for freezing screwworm
embryos cheaply preserves
germplasm for mass-rearing
and sterile-insect release
as adults, cryoprotectant,
Roger Leopold, Fargo,
ND, Dennis Berkebile,
Lincoln, NE, Harvey Blackburn,
Fort Collins, CO, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.14-15
Citrus
Compound: Ready To Help
Your Body! Bioavailability of cancer-fighting limonoids in citrus,
limonin, limonoid extraction
from peels and seeds,
Gary D. Manners, Andrew
P. Breksa III, Albany,
CA, Darshan S. Kelley,
Susan J. Zunino, Davis,
CA, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.16-17
Processing
Hot Peppers Like Cotton, new in-the-field cleaner for harvesting peppers and
thermal cotton defoliator
for New Mexico's growers,
faster roller gin stands
for ginning upland cotton,
Sidney E. Hughs, Mesilla
Park, NM, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.18-19
Going
With the Grain, cost-effective environmentally friendly way to separate
rice's starch and protein
and bran using high pressure
and a homogenizer/microfluidizer,
Harmeet Guraya, New Orleans,
LA, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.20-21
Working
To I.D. Foes of Emerald
Ash Borers, parasitic wasp of Balcha genus and Pediobius genus are biocontrols
of ash borer Agrilus
planipennis Fairmaire, Michael W.
Gates, Michael E. Schauff,
Beltsville, MD, Paul W.
Schaefer, Newark, DE, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.22
Black
Mold Building Sickness, besides Stachybotrys chartarum, indoor
air quality mold tests
should test for Myrothecium, Lisa A. Castlebury, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.23
Bacterial
Glue, using fiber-digesting
bacteria in cows' guts
for adhesives in wood
products like plywood,
Paul J. Weimer, Madison,
WI, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.23
Fine-Tuning
Fertilizer, estimating grain crop fertilizer needs based on canopy
reflectance and crop vigor,
Newell R. Kitchen, Kenneth
A. Sudduth, Columbia,
MO, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.23
A
Plant-Protective Pepper, pepper called Charleston Belle resists heat and nematodes,
provides nematode resistance
to field crops succeeding
it, Judy A. Thies, Charleston,
SC, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.23
Predicting
Powdery Mildew on Hop
Crops, weather-based model for most effective fungicide
application to hops, Walter
F. Mahaffee, Corvallis,
OR, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.23
Sorghum
Instead of Wheat? Substituting improved food-grade sorghums for wheat
in baking, gluten intolerance, Scott Bean, Manhattan, KS, (html) or (pdf) 05FEBp.23
Finding
Out What Makes Animals Tick—Genetically, evolution of genetics technology, DNA analyses, animal
genomics research, sequencing
genes of cow, pig, honey
bee, and chicken, Ronnie
D. Green, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 05JANp.2
An Agency
Effort To Sequence Genomes, sequencing the genes of chicken, honey bee, cow, and
pig, genome mapping for
disease prevention, Marek's
disease, foulbrood disease,
BAC map of the cow, Hans
H. Cheng, East Lansing,
MI, Jay D. Evans, Steven
M. Kappes, Beltsville, MD,
Katherine Aronstein, Weslaco,
TX, Gary A. Rohrer, Clay
Center, NE, (html) or (pdf) 05JANp.4-8
Clearfield
Sunflowers Stand Tall Against
Herbicides, two germplasm lines with resistance to imazethapyr
and imazamox after breeding
with wild sunflower (Helianthus
annuus), Jerry
F. Miller, Fargo, ND, (html) or (pdf) 05JANp.9
Scientists
on a Roll With Wheat Protein
Studies, discovering biochemical roles of wheat proteins to
make better wheat flour,
catalog of proteins = proteomics,
microarray analysis, William
J. Hurkman, Charlene K.
Tanaka, and others, Albany,
CA, (html) or (pdf) 05JANp.10-11
Turning
Minor Fruits Into Major
Crops, National Clonal Germplasm Repository, germplasm storage
and potential uses of minor
crops in United States,
kiwifruit, edible-fruited
honeysuckle, elderberry,
lingonberry, aroniaberry,
Kim E. Hummer, Corvallis,
OR, (html) or (pdf) 05JANp.12-14
New
Detection Methods Improve
Food Safety, high-tech automated methods for monitoring food safety,
time-resolved fluorescence
spectroscopy, detecting
antibiotics in meat, milk,
and fish, QuEChERS method
for detecting pesticide
residues on fruits and vegetables,
using antibodies for E.
coli and Salmonella detection, new assay for Staphylococcus aureus toxins that cause gastroenteritis,
Shu-I Tu, Wyndmoor, PA, (html) or (pdf) 05JANp.15-17
Better
Choices in Youth Can Lower
Osteoporosis Risk, effects of childhood and adolescent eating (calcium
intake) and exercising habits
on bone density, weight-bearing
exercise, Marta D. Van Loan,
Davis, CA, (html) or (pdf) 05JANp.18-19
Getting
Plant Genes To Glow, new technique for measuring gene expression in cells of phytomining or
heavy metal hyperaccumulator
plants, expression of zinc
transporter gene ZNT1 in Thlaspi caerulescens, alpine pennycress, Leon
V. Kochian, Ithaca, NY, (html) or (pdf) 05JANp.20-21
New
Peaches for the Sweet-Loving
Palate, two new nonmelting peach varieties, Gulfking and Gulfcrest,
resist bruising, resist
bacterial spot, ripening,
Thomas Beckman, Byron, GA, (html) or (pdf) 05JANp.22
Air
Curtains Can Keep Pests
Out, air movement from fans prevents flies and mosquitoes
from boarding planes, Robert
K. Vander Meer, Gainesville,
FL, (html) or (pdf) 05JANp.23
Fiber
From Feathers—for Industry? Small-pored fiber filters from chicken feathers, sound-deadening
composites, Walter F. Schmidt,
Justin Barone, Beltsville,
MD, (html) or (pdf) 05JANp.23
Battering
Up With Rice Flour, rice-based batters for deep fat frying--lower fat, less acrylamide, gluten
free (celiac disease), Frederick
F. Shih, New Orleans, LA, (html) or (pdf) 05JANp.23
Just
What We Needed . . . a New
Kind of Bacteria, new bacteria genus (Hespellia) discovered
in pig manure, Terence R.
Whitehead, Peoria, IL, (html) or (pdf) 05JANp.23
Fast-Food
Fanciers Consume More Calories, nationwide food survey, calorie, fat, carbohydrate,
protein, sugar, intake of
fast-food consumers, body
mass index, overweight,
Shanthy A. Bowman, Beltsville,
MD, (html) or (pdf) 05JANp.23
ARS
Battles Mad Cow, Scrapie,
and Other TSEs, cooperative efforts to safeguard livestock from transmissible
spongiform encephalopathy
diseases from prions, diagnostic
tests, Cyril G5. Gay, Beltsville,
MD, (html) or (pdf) 04DECp.2
TSEs
Touch Off ARS Research, diagnosis and transmission of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy diseases
(TSEs) from prions in livestock,
mad cow disease (bovine
spongiform encephalopathy),
scrapie, transmissible mink
encephalopathy, chronic
wasting diseases (CWD),
genetic resistance to TSEs,
Juergen Richt, Robert Kunkle,
David Alt, Ames, IA, Will
Laegreid, Clay Center NE,
Katherine I. O'Rourke, Donald
P. Knowles, Pullman, WA,
Bruce C. Onisko, Christopher
J. Silva, Albany, CA, (html) or (pdf) 04DECp.4-9
A New
World of Watermelon, low-sugar mini watermelons high in lycopene and beta-carotene,
Angela R. Davis, Penelope
M. Perkins-Veazie, Lane,
OK, (html) or (pdf) 04DECp.10-11
Putting
Out the Fire, IPM for fire ant control, phorid fly establishment,
biological controls, remote
sensing for monitoring fire
ant population and spread,
chemical bait attractants,
repellents, Douglas A. Streett,
James T. Vogt, Jian Chen,
Larry G. Thead, Stoneville,
MS, (html) or (pdf) 04DECp.12-14
Corn-Friendly
Fungus Tapped for Service, Acremonium zeae fungus endophyte in
corn helps corn resist Aspergillus and Fusarium bacteria, Donald T. Wicklow,
Peoria, IL, (html) or (pdf) 04DECp.15
A Grain
of Truth About Fiber Intake, whole-grain foods and metabolic syndrome, misleading
labeling of grain products,
Nicola McKeown, Boston,
MA, (html) or (pdf) 04DECp.16
Micropropagation
Technique May Speed Reforestation, automated plant culture
system and enhanced carbon
dioxide (CO2)
treatments for rooting sweetgum
shoots, Brent Tisserat,
Peoria, IL, (html) or (pdf) 04DECp.17
Agroforestry
and Wildlife Management
Go Together on Small Farms, efficient agricultural systems
for agroforestry, wildlife
conservation, crops and
trees that benefit wildlife,
songbirds, David K. Brauer,
Booneville, AR, (html) or (pdf) 04DECp.18-19
A Big
Stride Toward Healthier
Poultry, first chicken intestinal expressed genomic library,
avian coccidiosis, genes
expressed to fight Eimeria, Hyun S. Lillehoj,
Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 04DECp.20
Bees
That Resist Mites Are Busy
Groomers, honey bees resist tracheal mites by grooming, Robert
G. Danka, Jose D. Villa,
Baton Rouge, LA, (html) or (pdf) 04DECp.21
Integrated
Pest Management Programs Strive
To Solve Agricultural Problems, nine areawide IPM projects
of ARS, melaleuca program,
using predators, parasites,
and other tactics over broad
areas to control pest populations,
partnerships for pest control,
Fort Lauderdale, FL, Robert
M. Faust, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.2
TAMEing
Melaleuca With IPM, melaleuca areawide integrated pest management program
in the Everglades, biocontrols
agents, melaleuca leaf weevil,
melaleuca bud gall fly, melaleuca
psyllid, melaleuca rust, mechanical
removal with brontosaurus
device, management strategies,
herbicide control, Paul D.
Pratt, John C. Scoles, Cressida
S. Silvers, Fort Lauderdale,
FL, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.4-8
Developing
Heat-Tolerant Cotton in Arizona, inserting gene for rubisco activase photosynthesis
enzyme from desert shrub into
cotton for improved heat stress
and water use, Michael E.
Salvucci, Steven J. Crafts-Brandner,
Phoenix, AZ, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.9
Stopping
the Coffee Berry Borer From
Boring Into Profits, methods to get endophyte Beauveria
bassiana fungus
biocontrol agent into coffee
tissues, Metaparasitylenchus nematodes reduced borer reproduction
efficiency, yeasts' role in
CBB caffeine tolerance, Fernando
E. Vega, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.10-11
Carrots
With Character, breeding nutritious purple, red, yellow, white carrots,
pigmented carrots are high
in lutein, antioxidants, carotenoids,
xanthophylls, anthocyanins,
bioavailability of lutein
from carrots, taste evaluation,
Philipp W. Simon, Madison,
WI, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.12-13
New, Unisex
Lure for Moths, lures from molasses and floral odors attract males
and females of loopers, cutworms,
fruitworms, armyworms, and
corn earworms, insect traps,
lure from Oregon grape for
alfalfa loopers, cabbage loopers,
corn earworms, Peter J. Landolt,
Constance L. Smithhisler,
Wapato, WA, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.14-15
"Pistachio
Blaster" Finds Perfect
Nuts, device sorts high-value open-shell pistachio nuts
by using impact acoustics,
Thomas C. Pearson, Manhattan,
KS, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.16
A Potpourri
of Pistachios, pistachio collection at the ARS National Clonal Germplasm
Repository for Fruit and Nut
Crops, Mallikarjuna K. Aradhya,
Davis, CA, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.17
The Best
of Both Worlds? Fertigation
Is an Efficient Way for Many
Farmers To Grow Crops, irrigation/fertilizing at
same time, optimum feeding
and water use, reduced nutrient
leaching, electronic sensors
for nitrogen deficiency for
optimum N applications, drip
and subsurface drip for peach
trees, Floyd Adamsen, Douglas
J. Hunsaker, Phoenix, AZ,
Jim Schepers, Dennis Francis,
Mike Schlemmer, Ariovaldo
Luchiari, Lincoln, NE, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.18
Friendly
Solution to Revegetation, reintroducing native plants on weed-infested Northwest
rangelands with seed source
islands, cooperative work
with Northern Cheyenne Reservation
tribe, Roger Sheley, Burns,
OR, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.20
Finding
the Fluoride in You, nationwide household survey of fluoride in tap water
(from wells and municipal
water), in foods, and in beverages,
building fluoride database,
Rena A. Cutrufelli, Beltsville,
MD, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.22
Clever
Plant Tricks That Protect
Raspberries, fuzzy, light-colored leaves protect raspberry against
deer, disease, ultraviolet
rays, oxidation, and dehydration
during freezing temperatures,
Charles M. Feldhake, Beaver,
WV, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.23
Replacing
the Ties That Bind, new invention for replacing broken cotton bale ties,
W. Stanley Anthony, Stoneville,
MS, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.23
Measuring
Heat Stress--From Inside the
Cow, internal livestock core body temperature measured
by sensor and transmitting
device, animal health, Tami
M. Brown-Brandl, Clay Center,
NE, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.23
Plant
Roots Take Advantage of Their
Situation, adaptability and water and nutrient uptake of adventicious
roots after sudden environmental
change, Richard W. Zobel,
Beaver, WV, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.23
Proteins
Could Cut Food Poisoning, bacteriocins from microorganisms reduce Campylobacter and Salmonella numbers, Norman J. Stern, Athens, GA, (html) or (pdf) 04NOVp.23
Quelling Campylobacter: It Takes a Planet, stopping bacterial food poisoning from Campylobacter, food safety, genes that help Campylobacter succeed, James A. Lindsay, Beltsville, MD, (html) or (pdf) 04OCTp.2
Campylobacter—Unmasking the Secret Genes of a Food-Poisoning
Culprit, stopping bacterial food poisoning
from Campylobacter,
food safety, microarrays for
identifying genes that make Campylobacter virulent,
RNA assays to reveal activated
DNA genes for virulence, Robert
E. Mandrell, William G. Miller,
Albany, CA, (html) or (pdf) 04OCTp.4-6
Making Campylobacter Easier To Count, technique involves staining Camplyobacter food poisoning bacteria with
triphenyltetrazolium chloride,
Eric Line, Athens, GA, (html) or (pdf) 04OCTp.7
A
New Way for Chicken To Come
Clean, Safe2O
poultry wash reduces Salmonella,
Campylobacter, and Listeria on chicken carcasses and spoilage microorganisms, more
environmentally friendly than
trisodium phosphate rinses,
food safety, Arthur Hinton,
Jr., Athens, GA, (html) or (pdf) 04OCTp.7
New
Sampling System Helps Growers
Improve Cotton Fiber Properties, precision agriculture system measures quantity and quality
of cotton in field, GIS database
of yield and quality from GPS,
Gretchen F. Sassenrath, Stoneville,
MS, (html) or (pdf) 04OCTp.8-9
Homing
In on Hopper Hordes! Effect of sheep grazing on grasshopper
populations and fire on grasshopper
egg pod survival, benefits of
grasshopper to rangeland soils, Beauveria bassiana |
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